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Setting PHPNuke Timezone

---- The Error

The posting time for the News is not Correct.

---- The Reason

This error is caused because the news posting time is not tied into the Forum or Admin -> Preferences Time Offset for some reason. So no matter how much you offset your time in those places it wont effect the News posting time.

---- The Solution

Please Note: Backup Your Files And Database Before Changing Anything – You Have Been Warned

You can offset the time that shows up for the News stories in the mainfile.php. Find the following line (about line 567 in 6.0 and about line 740 in 6.5+):

Code: :

$datetime = strftime(""._DATESTRING."", mktime($datetime[4],$datetime[5],$datetime[6],$datetime[2],$datetime[3],$datetime[1]));

Just add a - 3600 (3600 x Number_Hours) or + 3600 (3600 seconds, which is 1 hour) like this:

Code: :

$datetime = strftime(""._DATESTRING."", mktime($datetime[4],$datetime[5],$datetime[6],$datetime[2],$datetime[3],$datetime[1]) - 3600);

If like us here, there is a 5 hour difference, it will be +18000:

Code: :

$datetime = strftime(""._DATESTRING."", mktime($datetime[4],$datetime[5],$datetime[6],$datetime[2],$datetime[3],$datetime[1]) +18000);
In the language/lang-english.php (or appropriate language file) find:

Code: :

define("_DATESTRING","%A, %B %d @ %T %Z");

You can use punctuation (or whatever) along with the different strftime symbols, and only the symbols will get converted to a time parameter.

The %A is the weekday, %Z is the time zone, etc ... you can see what the different symbols do here:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

NOTE: If no time is displayed ... some servers do not recognize the %T - you can use %H:%M:%S instead (if you want you can just delete the %Z, and replace it with EST, GMT or whatever)

---- Still Not Working

If you find that you are still having problems please post up your specific problem in the Installation Forum and we will try to help

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